Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

HIP 113103 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange HIP 113103, located approximately 150.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.35 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 14.246 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1048 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 585 K (312 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 150.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.437
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 2,658,015 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around HIP 113103

HIP 113103 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
HIP 113103 b Super-Earth 1.83 4.00 7.610 721 2023
HIP 113103 c this Sub-Neptune 2.40 6.35 14.246 585 2023

HIP 113103 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.214 R♃
Mass
6.35 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.52 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.437
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Transit
Facility Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Telescope 0.1 m TESS Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1333of 1978

top 67.3%

This planet

2.40R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth HIP 113103 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.35317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.521.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00180.490.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

HIP

HIP 113103

TIC

TIC 121490076

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 6541360574788758016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 6541360574788758016

System

HIP 113103

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.400 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.350 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 14.25 d · percentile 49 / cohort 1946
Distance 46.21 pc · percentile 11 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.437 · percentile 60 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.246 days
Semi-major axis
0.1048 AU
Eccentricity
0.170
Inclination
89.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.25 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.1048 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.105 %

Duration

4.234 h

Impact parameter b

0.614

Rp / R★

0.030300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,458,337.0559

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,051 ppm lasting ≈ 4.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

32.490

Impact parameter (b)

0.614

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,458,337.0559

Long. of periastron (ω)

-70.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.27000

Eq. Temperature

585K

(312 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

180.49

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.437

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Lowson et al. 2023

Instrument

TESS CCD Array

Publication

2023-09

Observation locale

Space

Host System: HIP 113103

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,930 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.742 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.761 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

2.499 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

12.85 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

3.00 km/s

Rotation period

9.92 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
46.21 parsec
Light-years 150.72 ly
V-band magnitude
9.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 2,658,015 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

7.410.910.91B9.95V9.62Gaia9.00TESS8.20J7.67H7.56K7.40W17.54W27.49W37.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

21.610 mas

Total Proper Motion

27.638 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

27.56 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.701 · y = -0.207 · z = -0.682

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 343.57238° · Dec -43.01023°

Galactic ℓ, b

351.450° · -61.479°

Ecliptic λ, β

326.676° · -32.928°

HTM-20 index

1094931581

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